Problem Scenario

Broad Question:

Does Shape Effect Ice Melt

Specific Question:

Does The Shape Of a Ice Cube Effect How It Melts

Hypothesis:

The Different Shapes Of ice Cubes will effect how it melts

Graph of Hypothesis:

Variables

Independent Variable:

Shape Of Ice Cube

Dependent Variable:

Melting Time In Minutes

Variables That Need To Be Controlled:

Size Of Ice Cube, Amount Of Liquid, Room Temp.

Vocabulary List That Needs Explanation

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General Plan:

Freeze different shaped ice with a specific amt of water.
Pop them up and place individually on flat surface
with drainage. Start stop watch chart times for complete
melting. Redo experiment x4.

Potential Problems And Solutions

Safety Or Environmental Concerns

There Is no Safety concerns in this experiment.

Experimental Design

Resources and Budget Table

Item	Number needed	Where I will get this	Cost
Different shape ice trays	No.1	Chriswastreeshop	$4.00
Measuring cup	No.1	My House	NA
Temperature Gage	No.6	Mr.LittleField	NA
Flat surface with drainage	No.1	lows	$5.00
Stop watch	No.6	Mrs.powers	NA

Detailed Procedure

1. Plan Experiment
2. Gather Materials
3. Get Experiment Ready
4. Fill The Liquid Ice Try With The Same Amount Of Water
5. Then Freeze Ice Cube Tray
6. Then Take The Ice Out Of Shaped Ice Tray
7. Then Drop Ice In The Water Beaker
8. Then Time How Long It Takes The Shaped Ice to Melt
9. Then Rite Down The Results
10. Repeat Experiment Over

Diagram

Photo List

Time Line

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Data Table

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Data Analysis

All Raw Data

See Data Table Above...

Graphs

Photos

Results

Conclusion

Discussion

Benefit to Community and/or Science

Background research

Well, an ice cube melts because it absorbs heat from the atmosphere and the solid water molecules start moving faster. The outer surface of the ice cube absorbs the heat and it starts melting first. The amount of heat an ice cube could absorb would depend on its surface area.

In case you haven't taken geometry, surface area is the total area of all the surfaces of an object. The more surface area an ice cube has, the more energy it can absorb from the atmosphere, and the more quickly it can melt.

References

http://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=1578

Abstract

I went out and bought ice trays that where different shapes